YANGON, MYANMAR
This page has the pictures in Yangon (with the exception of Shwedagon, a large pagoda/temple complex). Click here to see pictures of Shwedagon.
First, pics from Maha Bandoola, a garden/park at the heart of the city center. In the first pic, you can see the city hall.
Independence Monument in the park...
A list of rules for Maha Bandoola...
Sule Paya very nearby is basically the center of the old part of Yangon...
A view of the side of city hall and other buildings...
Typical high-density street near the city center...
A somewhat wider street near the city center...
One of the mosques near the city center...
A Baptist church near the city center...
Lake Kandawgyi is only about 2 miles from the city center...
The Karaweik Palace which is actually a boat on the lake...
Another view of the lake, with Shwedagon Stupa visible in the background...
The tree called the pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis), in bloom. This is very rare in its native Burmese habitat but is occasionally planted here.
Yangon is tropical enough for sealing wax palms (Cyrtostachys renda)...
Traffic near Lake Kandawgyi...
A nearby intersection and apartment buildings...
One unusual dish at a restaurant in Yangon: palm buds with sour mustard greens...
The Yangon River...
A hollyleaf mangrove (Acanthus ilicifolius) along the river...
An elephant fountain (turned off, probably for cleaning) in People's Park (with Shwedagon in the background)...
Ashoka trees (Polyalthia longifolia) were very common in Myanmar, including these in People's Park...
An elevated walkway (in the form of suspension bridges) going from tree trunk to tree trunk in People's Park...
Example of the Burmese script below one of the trees with the walkway...
License plates in Myanmar sometimes had the Burmese numerals...
But sometimes they used standard numerals (with the Latin alphabet)...
All of the above pictures on this page were taken in January 2015 by Brandt Maxwell.
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